The Cree Nations Heritage Centre is located on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation of Treaty Six in the Province of Saskatchewan Canada. It is situated on Sandy Lake approximately 100 km west of Prince Albert. The purposes of the Centre are to have a First Nations' living memorial to the survivors of the Indian Residential Schools, and to show the proud heritage and culture of our people as one of the first peoples of this Land. Even more, we will show the resilience the Cree and other native peoples of this territory and beyond. We as Cree have endured many difficulties, hardships and setbacks before the Indian Residential Schools, through that era and after into our future always being strong with an unshakeable resilience. We will do our best to capture the spirit of our peoples through the Centre’s displays, exhibits of art, historical information and first hand video testimonies of Indian Residential School survivors and some that were placed in sanitariums. We will also display Cree history and feature exhibits and information about many notable and some not so well known but still very important to who we are as a First Nations' people.

As part of our history, for over 100 years, we were removed from our homes and taken from our families. Our parents thought the government funded, church ran schools were there for our spiritual, cultural, and intellectual development. Little did they know, if we returned home, and many of us did not, we would come back with trauma. This and much more make our stories.